We want post-Brexit UK to continue its GSP, allowing zero-tariff access of Bangladeshi products to its markets until 2030,’ Bangladesh High Commissioner to UK Saida Muna Tasneem says …
Sexual assault, forced labor, wage theft: garment workers in Jordan suffer for US brands
Mehedi Mehedi, a 36-year-old Bangladeshi garment worker who had spent 14 years working in Jordan, left the country forever last December. It was not an easy decision to make: Mehedi had met his wife …
UK stresses need to work with Bangladesh to tackle climate change
Developing countries like Bangladesh are the hardest hit by climate change and the work taking place here to help adapt to its impacts and build resilience is an example for the world to follow, says …
New details emerge on MP Papul’s businesses in Kuwait
New details have emerged on Bangladesh MP Mohammad Shahid Islam Papul that says he had acquired a trading licence to trade almost everything in Kuwait. Papul has a commercial licence known as “general …
Kuwait: Decomposing bodies of two Bangladeshi women found
Had been stabbed to death, police make grisly discovery in a flat in Jleeb Al Shuyouk Cairo: Kuwaiti police have found the bodies of two Bangladeshi women inside their flat, days after they were …
Bangladesh’s Beximco in Coronavirus Vaccine Pact With India’s Serum Institute
One of Bangladesh’s largest drugmakers, Beximco Pharmaceuticals, announced on Friday that it will invest with the Serum Institute of India (SII) to ensure Bangladesh gets access to vaccines it is …
Bangladesh has immense tourism potential: Indian High Commissioner
Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Riva Ganguly Das said Bangladesh’s tourism potential is huge.While calling on State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism Md Mahbub Ali at his office on …
Bangladesh Bank to probe Evaly transactions, e-commerce activities
The Bangladesh Bank will investigate the financial transactions and other e-commerce activities of e-commerce platform Evaly. Confirming the matter, Abu Hena Razee Hasan, head of Bangladesh Financial …
AIIB approves $100m loan to Bangladesh to fight Covid-19
China-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) says it would lend $100 million to Bangladesh to help the country deal with the Covid-19 pandemic.
Bangladesh COVID-19 tally rises to over 306,000, death toll nears 4,200
(Xinhua) — Bangladesh reported over 2,200 new COVID-19 cases and 47 new deaths on Friday, bringing the total tally to over 306,000 and total deaths to 4,174 respectively, the Directorate General of …